Shiffrin one win from the record

Mikaela Shiffrin denied Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova a home victory, winning the first World Cup slalom since the world championships.

Shiffrin trailed first-run leader Vlhova by 0.27 seconds. But the American had a blistering final run to win the race by 0.34.

They have won 31 of the 32 World Cup slaloms held since January 2017, a streak interrupted only by Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin.

Shiffrin’s 45th slalom win moved her within one victory of a World Cup record. Only one skier, male or female, has won more races in a single discipline: Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark triumphed 46 times in giant slalom in the 1970s and ’80s.

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